diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index dd8e344..5a72896 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -2095,13 +2095,13 @@
 		err = inode_permission(inode, MAY_WRITE | MAY_EXEC);
 		if (err)
 			goto out_dput;
-
-		/* check if subvolume may be deleted by a non-root user */
-		err = btrfs_may_delete(dir, dentry, 1);
-		if (err)
-			goto out_dput;
 	}
 
+	/* check if subvolume may be deleted by a user */
+	err = btrfs_may_delete(dir, dentry, 1);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_dput;
+
 	if (btrfs_ino(inode) != BTRFS_FIRST_FREE_OBJECTID) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_dput;